2026 Big Ten Media Days schedule, where to watch: When coaches, players take stage during three-day event
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- Big Ten Media Days run July 28-30 at the Hilton Chicago on Michigan Avenue, airing daily on Big Ten Network starting at 11:30 a.m. ET across all 18 conference programs.
- The conference brings three consecutive national championships — Michigan, Ohio State, and Indiana — into the event, a streak no other league has matched entering 2026.
- Curt Cignetti headlines the coaching contingent after Indiana's title run, joined by Ryan Day (Ohio State), Dan Lanning (Oregon), Lincoln Riley (USC), and first-year hires Matt Campbell (Penn State), Kyle Whittingham (Michigan), Pat Fitzgerald (Michigan State), and Bob Chesney (UCLA).
- Tuesday's six-team slate features Illinois, Iowa, Penn State, Rutgers, USC, and Wisconsin, with USC's Jayden Maiava and Penn State's Rocco Becht among the quarterbacks appearing.
- Wednesday brings Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue, and UCLA, sending Ohio State's Julian Sayin, Oregon's Dante Moore, and UCLA's Nico Iamaleava to the podium.
- Thursday closes the event with Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, and Washington, putting Michigan's Bryce Underwood and Washington's Demond Williams Jr. in the spotlight.
- Quarterback storylines — Sayin, Moore, Underwood, Iamaleava, Williams Jr., and Maiava — cut across all three days as the conference's most-watched position battles.
Why it matters: The schedule doubles as an early referendum on the Big Ten's expanded 18-team depth and a flurry of high-profile coaching hires — Campbell to Penn State, Whittingham to Michigan, Fitzgerald to Michigan State — that will shape whether the league's three-year title streak extends to four programs in four seasons.
